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Posted Monday 2/08/21 at 6:30PM EST
Antiques Roadshow is getting a celebrity version
PBS will air three episodes of Antiques Roadshow: Celebrity Edition starting May 3.
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Posted Thursday 2/04/21 at 2:17PM EST
BBC and PBS team for Unsolved Histories
Historian Lucy Worsley will attempt to shed light on some of British history’s biggest unsolved mysteries in the four-part series.
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Posted Tuesday 2/02/21 at 7:51PM EST
PBS boss denies that the network favors Ken Burns at the expense of minority filmmakers
“We create lots of opportunities for many filmmakers,” PBS CEO and president Paula Kerger said at the TV press tour,...
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25 Great TV Shows You May Have Missed in 2020
“What a great year 2020 was for …” is one of those rare statements that leaves the Internet nearly silent.
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Frederick Wiseman’s City Hall Is the Feel-Good Political Film We Need
The purpose of this review is to convince you to spend five hours of your life watching the new Frederick...
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Posted Saturday 12/19/20 at 6:00AM EST
PBS' Frontline still delivers compelling TV in a sea of documentaries, docuseries and podcasts
"Somewhere between a 60 Minutes-style news segment and a protracted docuseries, PBS’s Frontline remains a master of the concise, deeply...
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Posted Monday 12/14/20 at 9:12PM EST
PBS NewsHour political analyst Mark Shields is stepping down after 33 years
The 83-year-old Shields, known for his weekly "Brooks & Shields" segment with David Brooks, will still appear on NewsHour occasionally.
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Posted Tuesday 12/08/20 at 7:05PM EST
HBO Max orders a documentary on the history of Sesame Street
Street Gang: How We Got To Sesame Street, from director Marilyn Agrelo, will cover the first two “experimental and groundbreaking”...
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Apple agrees to share Peanuts holiday specials with PBS, ensuring they stay on broadcast TV
Apple TV+ sparked an outcry last month with its announcement that it would become the exclusive home to It's the...
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Ranking Hugh Laurie's Post-House TV Bastards
While many Americans were first introduced to Hugh Laurie as as the titular star of House, the Fox drama which...
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Posted Saturday 10/31/20 at 3:20AM EDT
Hugh Laurie is the only reason to watch Roadkill from PBS' Masterpiece
The four-part Masterpiece miniseries from writer David Hare is a quick-moving but often ridiculously convoluted drama, says Hank Stuever.
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Roadkill: Who's Who in the New Hugh Laurie Political Thriller
In Roadkill, the latest drama from PBS and Masterpiece, Hugh Laurie plays Peter Laurence, a Conservative British politician whose domineering public...
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Posted Saturday 10/17/20 at 3:41AM EDT
For many PBS stations, the pledge drive has become a brand-identity paradox
PBS' first coordinated pledge drive premiered in 1975, though the fundraising events previously existed on member stations.
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Posted Thursday 10/15/20 at 6:19PM EDT
PBS' Masterpiece announces its 50th-anniversary lineup
Martin Freeman, Kristin Scott Thomas, Kyle MacLachlan and Tom Hollander are among the big names coming to Masterpiece in 2021.
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Posted Saturday 10/10/20 at 4:24AM EDT
Richard Nixon hated PBS, but his Watergate hearings was a game-changer for public television
When PBS launched 50 years ago this week, the then-president "did not want another national news outlet criticizing his presidency,...